21 Resources for Trisomy 21 on World Down Syndrome Day
Each year families, educators and charities come together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day on 21st March. The date was chosen to represent the three copies of chromosome 21 that …
Tag: Hayley Newman
Hayley’s EHCP Save-Our-Sanity SOS plan
It seems that at every milestone and crossroads in your child’s life, your pride, relief and excitement at their achievements is met with an equal measure of stress and worry. …
Help Hayley raise awareness this World Down syndrome Day #WDSD16
Today, we’re helping campaigner, Downs Side Up blogger & our SNJ columnist, Hayley Goleniowska, support Down’s syndrome Awareness week. She’s running a “Thunderclap” campaign which aims to get supporters to …
A very special Learning Disability Nurse asks: Who Do You See?
Helen Laverty is one of those women you thank your lucky stars to have in your life. She is a compassionate Learning Disability nurse, a dedicated professional lead in learning …
Revolutionary New Resource for Parents: Talking About Down’s Syndrome
I am enormously proud to announce the launch of a very exciting project I have been working on for some months now. Talking About Down’s Syndrome: Conversations for New Parents is …
Sensory Occupational Therapy for Sensory Processing Disorder
Emily Alexander has a magical secret… she works for Santa at The International Elf Service. She is also a Registered Osteopath and a Mum to a wonderful little boy who has …
Stress-free Holiday Tips: Planning travel with special needs children
It’s that time of year when Christmas seems a distant expensive memory and the days are temptingly beginning to draw out. Yet we still have months of damp and cold …
Seven Ways to Winter Wellness for your special needs child
It’s that time of year when parents and carers of children with long-term health conditions begin to feel nervous. How do we ensure their wellness through the colder months? The germs …
One mum’s tough decision – Mainstream or Special School for her daughter with Down’s
As a mum of a daughter with Down’s Syndrome, I understand at first hand how hard it is to make the decision over whether to choose mainstream or a special …
Back to school with your special needs child: Some top tips for a smooth ride
The Summer is almost over and as parents we are either reluctantly or desperately looking to the start of the new term, depending on how the last few weeks have …
6 Tips for Special Needs Summer Survival
Well, here we all are, knee-deep in the long summer school break. It can be a time of stress for many parents of children with additional needs, children who thrive on …
Mencap celebrate firsts for Learning Disability Week
Each year, the charity Mencap ask us all to join together for Learning Disability Week; a time to share information, campaign together, and celebrate achievements. This year is no exception, and …
Mia takes after Mum helping siblings of kids with Down’s syndrome
As our newborn, youngest daughter, just diagnosed with Down’s syndrome, remained in the neonatal intensive care unit, I recall returning home one evening to a house that felt empty, too …
How to build self-esteem in your special needs child
[Tania’s note: We are welcoming Hayley from today as an SNJ co-writer as well as a columnist and we hope all our columnists will be starting to contribute through the …
World Down Syndrome Day 2014: Do we really need awareness days?
‘There’s an awareness day for everything nowadays’ the rather jaded GP muttered in my direction recently, in a tone that hinted ‘leave me out of it please.’ ‘It’s awareness day …
The child inside: Do we need to label disability?
As this Valentine’s Day approached, I began thinking about how much we all love all our children equally. How we wouldn’t change a single hair on the heads of those …
SNJ’s #Blogchat with Hayley from DownsSideUp!
Ain’t technology grand? Just before Christmas Hayley from DownsSideUp and, as you know, a Special Needs Jungle columnist, “got together” over Skype for a chat about SEN, parenting and why …
Lessons in Love at Christmas
Many of us find Christmas an emotional season for all sorts of reasons. Gathering with distant family, catching up with old friends, watching our children perform with their peers in …
The Uniqueness of the SEN Parent
Columnist Hayley Goleniowska writes: Last month, in my first column for Special Needs Jungle we explored the preconceptions that strangers have about our children, how their swift judgements make us …
Exposing quotes that reinforce Down’s syndrome myths: The Truth
Posters and leaflets dispelling common myths and setting out facts about Down’s syndrome are often created wonderfully by charities to distribute to new families. So rather than reinventing the wheel, …